Scoop: Schumer's plan to jam Johnson on government funding

• Passing an omnibus bill is still contingent on leaders in the two chambers coming to an agreement on a top-line government funding number for the 2025 fiscal year.
• Republican control over the spending process in the next Congress will likely lead to discretionary spending cuts.

The big picture: Senate Democrats have maximum leverage while they're still in the majority between now and January — and they want to use that power to have a say over government spending levels.

• They won't have much of a say on government funding for at least two years, with a Republican trifecta in Washington.
• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said earlier this week that House Republicans want a stopgap spending bill to get them through to September.
• But a continuing resolution for government funding would take away Senate Democrats' ability to dictate new spending levels for FY 2025.

Between the lines: Depending on if, and when, Schumer is able to pass an omnibus bill, he could send it over to the House right before funding is set to lapse.

• That would apply maximum pressure for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the House to accept an omnibus package to avoid a government shutdown.
• Congress passed a budget stopgap in September that pushed the government funding deadline to the end of this year.